Chapter 3 The undercurrent is turbulent
The Eastern Zhou Kingdom is located in the east near the sea, with the sea country of Tianzhao on the sea, the Northern Mo Dynasty in the north, and the small states of Wu and Yue in the south. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info Its Middle East Zhou and Northern Mo are the first of the five countries, and the Eastern Zhou has a lot of money and North Mo soldiers.
The Eastern Zhou Dynasty is in Shangjin, and more than 200 years have passed since the founding of the First Emperor, and this place is still prosperous. But behind this prosperity and extravagance is an invisible undercurrent brewing.
Gaozong is a dedicated person, he only married one wife in his life, and he really achieved a couple for a lifetime. The queen gave birth to two sons and a daughter for him, but Gaozong was weak and collapsed after only ten years of reign. The emperor's eldest son, Dong Lingyi, ascended the throne and was called Xuanzong. It didn't take long for the queen mother to become seriously ill, and I don't know why she wanted her brother to die before she died, that is, her brother died and her younger brother ascended the throne. Between Jiangshan and his mother, he still chose filial piety and agreed with tears. So there is the current Xuanzong, Xuanzong has a son and a daughter, the son Dongling Xun Fengduan Prince, and the daughter Princess Furui. But this son is not a few years younger than this little uncle. Xuanzong only ascended the throne at the age of forty, and this Donglingxun became the prince for a lifetime. Whether the emperor is now old and whether he will pass the throne to his son or his niece and grandson, everyone does not know, because the crown prince is still vacant.
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The carriage traveled overnight and finally arrived at its destination in the early morning of the third day. The streets are a little deserted in the early morning,
Occasionally, a small vendor or two is busy. The sound of horses' hooves was particularly loud in the streets, and the rapid sound made Xingqi a little out of breath, and even lost interest in the famous Shangjin Castle of these five countries.
I don't know how many times the corner carriage finally stopped, and Xingqi packed up his things and got out of the carriage. It was a long alley, and the carriage stopped at the end of a patchy and old doorway.
The little boy helped carry things behind the carriage, and Wood knocked on the door, and it took a few moments for the door to creak open from the inside.
The morning breeze in April was still a little cool, Xingqi hugged her shoulders and waited quietly, when she heard the sound, she turned her head sideways, and suddenly her eyes lit up, and "Wen Niang" Xingqi happily ran over and hugged her.
Wen Niang took Xingqi's hand and sat down at the table, this house looks very old from the outside, but the furnishings inside are very exquisite.
Before Wen Niang could speak, Xing Yan hurriedly asked the question in his heart: "What the hell is going on with Wen Niang, why are you in Shangjin?"
Wen Niang smiled lightly and didn't answer, just poured a cup of hot tea and handed it to Xingqi. It wasn't until the question in Xingqi's heart was like a cat scratching that she slowly spoke.
"The master has made arrangements, and you will be sent to Duanwang's Mansion to be a maid. Wen Niang just said a simple sentence and stopped talking, although her eyes were staring at the star, but her eyes didn't know where to float.
Xingqi knew that this day was coming after all, and the ordinary people of Duanwang Mansion wanted to go in after sharpening their heads, but they didn't know what kind of fate awaited them, and the two of them had their own thoughts, and the room was quiet all of a sudden.
"I heard that this time the prince has made another great contribution, and he has leveled the bandits in the southwest in just three months. ”
"Yes, I heard that the emperor has given a lot of rewards!"
"The prince is so handsome!"
"Please, don't be so nymphomaniac, okay... ”
Inside the carriage, Wen Niang and Xing Yan quietly listened to the discussion outside, and Xing Yan, who was wearing a maid's costume, held Wen Niang's hand tightly, and was not even in the mood to open the curtain to see the prosperous world outside.
The carriage passed through the downtown and became more and more silent, and finally stopped by a high wall, got out of the car, a sneaky figure came out of a small door, the father-in-law in a eunuch uniform looked up and down, and the two whispered, "Come with me."
Xing Yan reluctantly glanced at Wen Niang and followed the father-in-law with her head down, and as soon as Xing Yan wanted to look up, the father-in-law in front of her scolded in a low voice, "Keep your head down and follow me, don't talk." Xingqi had to quickly bow his head and follow the heel of the father-in-law in front of him.
The two walked crookedly for a while before they reached a courtyard, where there were already more than a dozen palace maids standing in a row, and a few eunuchs standing aside. The father-in-law led the diaphragm and walked over, and then whispered, "You stand there." Xingqi nodded, stood at the back of the row of palace maids, bowed his head and said nothing.
"Father-in-law Chen, the slave brought people here. With that, he lowered his head and stepped aside.
Gonggong Chen nodded and said to the palace maid in front of him, "I don't care who you have served before, and no matter how majestic you used to be, now that you have been selected and sent to the palace, you will respect the rules of the palace in the future, if anyone does not follow the rules and does something wrong to discredit the emperor, I Chen Gui will not be the first to spare him, I heard it clearly?"
"Yes"
Gonggong Chen nodded and said to the leading eunuch, "Let's go! It's not too early." After speaking, Chen Gui walked towards the door with the leading eunuch, and the palace maids still followed behind with their heads down.
The palace maids and eunuchs walked towards the Duanwang Mansion, attracting many onlookers along the way.
"I heard that this is the emperor's reward for his military exploits. ”
"Yes, I also heard that the prince is no longer good, these palace maids were rewarded by the emperor to accompany the prince to the funeral. ”
"Really! That's a shame. ”
Not far from Duanwang's Mansion, in the private room on the second floor of Tongqing Restaurant, it is diametrically opposed to this lively atmosphere.
Dong Ling Zhixuan looked at the crowd outside the window mockingly, and Ah Yi, who was standing beside him, was even more expressionless and motionless.
In the Duanwang Mansion, Dongling Zhixuan was neatly dressed and respectfully received the holy decree from Chen Gui's hand, "Thank you, Lord Longen".
Sending away a large number of people, Dong Ling Zhixuan turned around and entered the study, and the amazing thing was that another Dong Ling Zhixuan sat on a chair in the study and looked at the person calmly.
I saw that with a wave of someone's hand, a bronzed and resolute face was revealed.
"Tong Fei, can you not pretend to be so unappetizing every time," Dong Lingzhixuan said leisurely, with a disgusted expression on his face.
Tong Fei was not happy when he heard it, "Master, you let me do those thankless things every time, you let Ayi try it." ”
Ayi next to him was still expressionless, and he didn't even raise his eyes, and said with a poisonous snake: "You are born with cheap bones, and you are very suitable for playing a flattering villain, I can't." ”
When Tong Fei heard this, he immediately jumped up angrily, "You... You... With your wooden face, ice cube face, you don't want to have any other expressions for the rest of your life. ”
In the end, Tong Fei was poor and could only sit on the side and sulk, but he kept muttering in his heart! Why! God, you are too unfair! My Tong Fei is also a dignified man, why do I do it every time I steal chickens and dogs? . . .
Dong Ling Zhixuan smiled and was too lazy to care about the angry Tong Fei, staring at the gloomy sky outside the window, and muttered, "The storm is coming." ”